Bitcoin’s rally is approaching a $90,000 test as a rare accumulation pattern reappears and sell-side liquidity thins. On Oct. 2, Bitcoin registered an intraday high at $87,000 after buyers broke through a sell wall around $85,000 that had stalled several previous attempts to advance.
Most bitcoin treasury companies follow the buy-and-try-to-hold model pioneered by Strategy, the publicly traded giant with nearly $72 billion worth of BTC. But a new entrant to the space says it already plans to sell acquired assets in an effort to beat bitcoin’s price moves.
October 2, 2026, 7:00 pmBitcoin's Q3 surge highlights its potential as a high-reward asset, but macroeconomic shifts and profit-taking could impact future performance.
October 2, 2026, 6:25 pm
Driven by weak U.S. employment data and a major SEC regulatory proposal, bitcoin briefly reclaimed $87,000 for the first time since Sept. 23. Back near $85,000 as of this writing, bitcoin remains up over the last day.
A jobs report miss just erased the odds of an October rate hike, and BTC is now knocking on the door of its yearly ceiling.
A former U.K. National Crime Agency officer, Paul Chowles, has been ordered to repay approximately $2.38 million for stealing 50 bitcoin seized during the investigation of the Silk Road 2.0 dark-web marketplace.
New disclosures show how saved unfunded channels could overwhelm older nodes again on restart, despite a fix shipping in July.
Core Lightning operators running version 26.06.7 or earlier are being actively targeted, the Bitcoin Lightning Network node software project warned on Thursday evening, roughly 10 days after a security patch landed. The team hasn’t identified which vulnerabilities attackers are exploiting or reported any stolen funds.
Bitcoin (BTC) price is consolidating around the mid-$80,000 range as traders assess a combination of institutional demand, on-chain indicators, and the next halving cycle.
Bitcoin's rise amid weak jobs data highlights the potential for sustained liquidity-driven market dynamics, impacting broader risk assets.
Bitcoin has broken above $88,000, gaining almost 2% over the past 24 hours as crypto markets push higher. A surprisingly weak September jobs report showed just 29,000 new jobs, unemployment at 4.2%, and a 29,000 downward revision to August.
Cooler inflation and two dovish Fed speakers have shifted the odds toward a rate hold, with payrolls due and CPI landing on October 14.
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